CIVA Charter Academy

As a minimally staffed secondary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, CIVA Charter Academy serves 174 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so CIVA Charter Academy sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 22,293 students; CIVA Charter Academy is among them.

Looking at the student body, CIVA Charter Academy reports that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest consists of 24% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at CIVA Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CIVA Charter Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 32.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (El Paso County) logs that median household earnings sit near $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. CIVA Charter Academy is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Colorado Early Colleges Colorado Springs is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CIVA Charter Academy. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CIVA Charter Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. As a public charter, CIVA Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. CIVA Charter Academy's enrollment has expanded 10% since 2018, when it stood at 158 (now 174). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 18% to 24% over that span.

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